afternoon tea

afternoon tea
meals

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  • afternoon tea — afternoon teas N VAR Afternoon tea is a small meal you can have in the afternoon. It includes a cup of tea and food such as sandwiches and cakes. [BRIT] …   English dictionary

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  • afternoon tea — tea and a light snack served in the afternoon hours …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • afternoon tea — noun A small meal eaten between lunch and dinner …   Wiktionary

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  • Tea blending and additives — Tea blending describes the process of blending different teas together to produce a final product. This occurs chiefly with black tea that is blended to make most tea bags but can also occur with such teas as Pu erh, where leaves are blended from …   Wikipedia

  • tea — [ ti ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a hot brown drink made by pouring boiling water onto the dried leaves of the tea bush. The leaves are called tea leaves and can be bought in small paper bags called tea bags that are put into a cup or teapot: Do you… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • tea — W2S1 [ti:] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(drink/leaves)¦ 2 mint/camomile etc tea 3¦(meal)¦ 4 tea and sympathy ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1600 1700; : Chinese; Origin: te] 1.) ¦(DRINK/LEAVES)¦ a) [U and C] a …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Tea party (disambiguation) — Tea party may refer to:*Tea party, a formal, ritualised gathering for afternoon tea * Tea Party, a screenplay by Harold Pinter * A Mad Tea Party , a chapter in Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland in which Alice meets the Mad Hatter,… …   Wikipedia

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